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> Some items may have moved to the internet but most games, OS Utilities and whatnot are stored on local HDDs or SDDs. Always have and likely will remain so. W
by Someone 2y ago
> Some items may have moved to the internet but most games, OS Utilities and whatnot are stored on local HDDs or SDDs. Always have and likely will remain so.
With iCloud, your primary data lives in the cloud; your SSD caches recently used data, and the OS will delete it if it runs out of space. That’s millions of users for whom “whatnot” isn’t stored locally. (That’s how a 2TB iCloud subscription can make sense even if only used with a 500 GB SSD)